Ecolab Inc.

ECL · NYSE · Stock · Basic Materials
$286.00
+0.12% today
Delayed price,

What Ecolab does

Ecolab Inc. provides water, hygiene, and infection prevention solutions and services in the United States and internationally. The company operates through four segments: Global Water, Global Institutional & Specialty, Global Pest Elimination, and Global Life Sciences. The Global Water segment offers water treatment and process applications, and cleaning and sanitizing solutions to manufacturing, food and beverage processing, transportation, chemical, primary metals and mining, power generation, global refining, petrochemical, pulp and paper industries. The Global Institutional & Specialty segment provides cleaning and sanitizing products to the foodservice, healthcare, hospitality, lodging, government, education and retail industries. The Global Pest Elimination segment provides pest elimination services to detect, prevent, and eliminate pests comprising rodents and insects in full-service and quick-service restaurants, food and beverage processors, hotels, grocery operations, and other commercial segments, including education, life sciences, and healthcare. The Global Life Sciences segment provides cleaning and contamination control solutions to pharmaceutical and personal care manufacturers. It offers its products under the Ecolab, Kay, Purolite, and Bioquell brand names. The company sells its products through field sales and corporate account personnel, distributors, and dealers. Ecolab Inc. was founded in 1923 and is headquartered in Saint Paul, Minnesota.

Key facts

Sector
Basic Materials
Industry
Specialty Chemicals
Market cap
$80.17B
P/E (ttm)
38.4
Forward P/E
30.4
Dividend yield
1.02%
Beta
0.88
Profit margin
12.6%
Employees
48,000
Headquarters
Saint Paul, MN, United States
Exchange
NYSE

Performance

1 Month
+6.1%
3 Months
+4.8%
6 Months
+4.1%
1 Year
+3.3%
5 Years
+29.1%
$243.1552-week range$309.27
Biggest setback — last 12 months
-19.7%
23 Feb 2026 → 11 May 2026
Fell from $308.35 to $247.62 — its sharpest sustained decline this year.
Biggest run-up — last 12 months
+20.4%
3 Nov 2025 → 23 Feb 2026
Ran from $256.13 to $308.35 — its strongest sustained advance this year.

Price outlook — trend & volatility model

● Trend: Above long-term trend
Price sits above its 200-day average, but the shorter-term averages are not cleanly aligned above/below it.
HorizonBear case (−1σ)Base caseBull case (+1σ)
1 Month$269.43 (-5.8%)$286.00$303.59 (+6.2%)
3 Months$257.91 (-9.8%)$286.00$317.15 (+10.9%)
6 Months$247.10 (-13.6%)$286.00$331.03 (+15.7%)
12 Months$232.58 (-18.7%)$286.00$351.69 (+23.0%)
Statistical, not machine-learning: a random-walk (no assumed drift) volatility model built from this ticker's own realized price history, plus a purely descriptive moving-average trend read. Illustrative only — not a price target and not financial advice. The bear and bull cases sit one standard deviation (1σ) below and above today's price, a range that covers about 68% of the outcomes the model treats as plausible, not a 68% chance of either case. Annualized volatility used: 20.7%, blended from this ticker's own 3-month and 1-year realized price history. Base case is deliberately flat — this quantifies a possible range, not a directional prediction. See the full model, including wider (≈95%) bands →

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